News!! Conflicting Google Together With Google Apps Accounts

This article is almost resolving conflicting Google as well as Google-Apps accounts:  an final result that is is going to start for people who laid upwards a spider web log using an e-mail address that is beingness moved to Google Apps.

Google accounts vs Google Apps accounts

Google accounts as well as Google-apps accounts.

As at Oct 2010 the ii types of job organisation human relationship were non the same, fifty-fifty though they looked similar. Therefore it was easy for one mortal to have :

• A Google account called Joe.Bloggs@AnyCompany.com (because that's exactly whatever quondam e-mail address)
• A Google Apps job organisation human relationship also called Joe.Bloggs@AnyCompany.com

The Google Apps job organisation human relationship tin exclusively been laid upwards when a novel custom-domain was registered or purchased for AnyCompany.com  - or when the existing AnyCompany.com domain moves to Google Apps.

Joe should know almost the Google job organisation human relationship (assuming he's nevertheless actively using it).   But if he isn't aware of all the things beingness done inwards the IT region of AnyCompany, he might non fifty-fifty know that the Google Apps job organisation human relationship was created when the information technology managing director was quietly testing options for a motility to Google Apps.

 

Merging Google as well as Google Apps

In recent months the number of programs included inwards Google Apps has grown massively.

But to include the "older" tools similar Blogger, Picasa-web-albums etc, they had to motility to a novel infrastructure.  To practice this, they needed to fix upwards situations similar the 1 described above, where at that spot are ii dissimilar accounts called Joe.Bloggs@AnyCompany.com

The operate to enable this has been done.  Organisations that utilisation Google apps direct hold been moved to a novel infrastructure, which needs the evidently duplicate accounts to direct hold been fixed.  

So, when this happens for AnyCompany, cleaning upwards the conflicting Joe.Bloggs@AnyCompany.com accounts needs to move done.  

Google decided (I believe wisely - to a greater extent than almost that later) that the ii accounts volition non move merged:  they aren't, as well as never volition be, the same account.

Google direct hold written almost the conflicting accounts issue.  They order that the outset fourth dimension that Joe Bloggs logs into Blogger (or Gmail, or diverse other Google tools exterior of Apps) after AnyCompany has moved to the novel infrastructure, he willl move shown a exceptional covert where he must rename the Google account.

[Even though Google' job organisation human relationship transition procedure is instantly complete, it's probable that Blogger users volition move out along to run into this asking equally the log into to infrequently used Blogger accounts inwards the future.   This is why I direct hold updated this article instantly (June 2011), rather than deleted it.]

What to rename the Google job organisation human relationship to

It looks like you tin rename the existing Google job organisation human relationship to any other text string that looks similar an e-mail address - as well as of shape isn't already taken.   (Again, I haven't tested this yet, but it would move consistent alongside how Blogger industrial plant now).

Personally, I advise renaming it to unopen to other real e-mail address that y'all command - ideally a novel address that is exactly for the purpose. 

I don't mean value it volition move possible to rename it to a gmail address, since creating the gmail address volition practice a Google Account, but inwards this representative the Google job organisation human relationship already exists.

Scenario 1: Google job organisation human relationship relates to the company

If the blog(s) etc owned past times the master copy Google job organisation human relationship are related to AnyCompany, as well as hence 1 selection is to rename it to Joe.bloggs2@AnyCompany.com.   This volition work, provided there's non already an job organisation human relationship alongside the same name.   But it may practice issues (for the companies domain administrator) if unopen to other mortal called Joe Bloggs comes to operate for AnyCompany inwards the future.

In general, if the Google job organisation human relationship relates to fellowship business, it would move a expert stance to consult alongside the information technology region to run into how it shoudl move treated.   It's often a expert stance to utilisation a generic job organisation human relationship cite (eg blog.Editor@AnyCompany), as well as to exactly manus on the details for this job organisation human relationship when y'all leave of absence the organisation.  That way, at really to the lowest degree the administrators of the domain volition move able to larn access to them because they'll control  the e-mail address that matches the Google-account name.

Scenario 2: Google job organisation human relationship non related to the company

If the blog(s) etc owned past times the Google job organisation human relationship are personal, or related to something other than AnyCompany (which could move AnySchool or AnyNonProfit, etc), as well as hence I would strongly recommend that the job organisation human relationship is renamed to unopen to valid address which is outside the command of AnyCompany, for representative Joe.Bloggs@yahoo.com. 

You bespeak to brand sure enough y'all keep command of as well as access to the e-mail address, hence that y'all volition move out along to direct hold access to the Google job organisation human relationship fifty-fifty after you've left the fellowship (or school, etc).

Aside:  this is why I mean value it's a wise decison non exactly to merge the Google as well as Google-Apps accounts:  at that spot is far besides much run a jeopardy that people volition direct hold used their operate (or college etc) e-mail address to laid upwards a Google job organisation human relationship that has nix to practice alongside operate etc.

Combining the Google as well as Google-Apps accounts

Currently, Google don't furnish whatever tools (that I know of) to allow y'all combine accounts.  

Some Google-products (eg Feedburner) direct hold tools to allow y'all transfer ownership of items inwards them to unopen to other Google account.  But unopen to products don't direct hold whatever features similar this.

Blogger lets y'all transfer spider web log ownership past times giving unopen to other job organisation human relationship administrator access as well as and hence removing yourself.  But unless y'all are sure enough that y'all tin successfully transfer all the items inwards the spider web log (remember, Picasa-web-albums currently has no means to transfer album ownership, ditto videos, calendars, etc) y'all nevertheless bespeak the master copy Google account to exist.   (You powerfulness pick out to log into it alongside gmail as well as laid message-forwarding as well as and hence never utilisation it again.  That's fine ... exactly hence long equally y'all don't delete it.)

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